Manuscrits Arabes du Fonds Archinard [microform].

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Manuscrits Arabes du Fonds Archinard [microform].

Manuscrits Arabes du Fonds Archinard [microform].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145079452

The papers consist of the books and archives which formed the library of Aôhmad al Kabúir Madanúi, who was head of the Muslim state based in Ségou (Mali) in the second half of the nineteenth century. This collection is often called "Bibliothèque d'Ahmadou" or "Fonds Archinard", after Colonel Louis Archinard who organized the seizure of Ségou in 1890 and sent the captured library back to Paris. The manuscripts relate to Umar Tal, father of Aôhmad al Kabúir Madanúi; the latter's reign from 1864 to 1884; and the Holy War of 1852.

154 reels.

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